Cover for tubs and the like.



N. ZIMTBAUM. COVER FOR TUBS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED HJLY29.1915.

Patented Nov. 191918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET INVENTOR N. ZIMTBAUlVl. COVER FOR TUBS AND THE LIKE.APPLICATION man JULY 29.19n5.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

INVENTOR A TTOR/VE Y NATHAN ZIMTBAUM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COVER FOR TUBS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19,1918.

Application filed July 29, 1915. Serial 1 To. .t2,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN ZIMTB AU1\I, a citizen of the United States,and a resident .of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCovers for Tubs and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The device, the subject of this invention, is intended to be used as acover for stationary wash tubs or for any other receptacle, but thegreatest advantage from its employment will be discovered when it isused in conjunction with vessels containing water or subject toprolonged dampness, for under such conditions it will demonstrate itsstrength and rigidity and its ability to withstand the warp or twistwhich so often destroys the usefulness of covers formed entirely ofwood.

I have also provided a construction wherein the panels will not becomeloosened because of shrinking or seasoning of the wood, and the panelsthemselves, in my device will successfully withstand great weights andstrains without cracking and breaking which so often result from therough usage of wooden paneled covers.

In the specification which follows and in the drawings which accompanythis specification I have shown diflerent constructions each of whichwill be fully set forth.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out thisinvention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section of a cover constructedaccording to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fractional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a cover having inserted panels.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a cover of slightly different construction.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the cover shown in Fig. 4:, the sectionbeing taken on the line andin the direction indicated by the arrows 55.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the panels shown in Fig. 4;.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

In describing my invention I desire to call attention. to the fact thatI have em ployed as a part thereof a cover for wash tubs of ordinarydesign and construction but that I have omitted the panels some times ifnot usually found in such covers, and I have substituted thereformetallic panels secured in a manner that will be later set forth.

The cover then is composed of five wooden members as indicated inseveral of the fig ures and in Fig. 1, 9 indicates the back member whichmay be provided with hinge receiving apertures 10 and 11, and spacedsome distance from the back member and arranged parallel thereto, is thefront memher as indicated at 12, the outer or front edge of which may berounded as indicated at 13 in Fig. i. Extending between the members 9and 12 I arrange three parallel members 14:, 15 and 16 of approximatelyequal width and of equal length. These members which extend parallelwith each other are spaced apart and may be secured to the members 9 and12 by means of dowels as indicated at 17 or fasteners as indicated at 18or both. and it will be noted that the members 14, 15 and 16 are not aswide as the front and back members 9 and 12.

Before securing the wooden members thus far described in operativeposition I arrange a longitudinal saw-kerf extending along the inneredge of each of the members. The saw-kerf. enters at an oblique angle tothe plane of the part, commencing quite near the top or upper surfaceand extending downward for or slightly more than half the thickness ofthe wood. It is within the sawkerf that my metallic panels are to bereceived and secured and I may find it desirable to place the panels inposition at the time of and during the assembling of the wooden members.

The metallic panels used with my device may be formed of sheettin or ofany other suitable metal but I prefer that they should be of galvanizedsheet iron of any desirable thickness cut in oblong sheets of sufficientareas to fit the spacings provided for the panels plus the additionalwidth that shall be required to enter the saw-kerfs.

Each of the panels is flat but each is provided with an angularlydownturned edge on the four sides as indicated at 19, 20, 21 and 22, andin assembling, the downturned edges are adapted and intended to enterthe adjacent saw-kerfs as indicated at 19 20, etc. As each of the panelsis of the same general shape I indicate them as 23' and 23*.

I have before indicated that it was possible to apply the metallicpanels in a rather different manner than that described in relation toFigs. 1 and 2. Such further means are shown in the additional figures.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a construction wherein the panels used are flatand are not provided with ang'ularly disposed edges. Here the woodenmembers as indicated at 14:, 15 and 16 are provided with horizontalslots entering from their inner edges as indicated at 31, 32 and 33 and34: and it is into these slots that the straight edges of the panels 35and 36 are to be received and retained.

I have found that the arching or cupping of the metallic panels adds totheir strength and also provide an amount of resiliency or spring thatwill enable them to compensate for the shrinking of the cover if suchshrinking should occur and to utilize these important features to thegreatest possible extent I have devised a construction shown in Figs. 4,5, and 6, where the panels 37 and 38 are provided with inwardly turnedflanges as indicated at 39, 40, 41 and 42 upon the edge of which Iproduce an outwardly or horizontally extending projection as indicatedat 43, 44:, 45 and 46. These projections are received into horizontalslots that have been produced low down in the inner edges of thesurrounding wooden members some of which are indicated at 47, l8 and4:9. In using this construction I prefer that the panels should besprung into position by compressing the flanges 39, 40, etc., so thattheir tendency will be outward from all four sides-of each panel.

I desire it understood that my primary 7 purpose is to provide a coverhaving metallic panels which not only cheapen the construction butstrengthen it to a very marked eX- tent prolonging its useful life andpreventing its destruction from the usual causes, that is; the splittingof the panels the loosening of the panels by the shrinking of the woodand by the warp or twist of the cover. It is therefore evident that myinvention may be used in covers intended for different purposes.

From the foregoing description it is evi dent that certain parts, suchas the dowel, 17, orv fasteners 18 may be omitted if other securingmeans are utilized, it is further evident that parts may be used withoutthe whole and that modifications may be made within the scope of theappended claims without departing from the principles or sacrificing theadvantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cover for wash tubs comprising a back member provided with aplurality of hinge receiving apertures on one side and a longitudinalgroove on the other side, a front member having a longitudinal groove inone side anda plurality of spacers between said front and 'back memberstwo of said spacers having one longitudinal groove and another spacerhaving two longitudinal grooves, dowels securing said spacers to saidfront and back members and two resilient metallic members arrangedbetween said front and back members and said spacers and having theiredges received in the grooves of said front and back members and saidspacers.

2. A cover for wash tubs comprising a back member and a front memberparallel to and spaced away from each other each said member beingprovided with a longitudinal groove at one side thereof and said backmember being provided with hinge receiving apertures, a plurality ofgrooved spacers of a width less than that of the said front and backmembers and secured one at midlength the front and back members and onebetween each of the ends of the said front and back members and metallicplates one arranged between the center spacer and each of the outerspacers and secured in the said grooves as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In acover for wash tubs, the combination with back member havin alongitudinal groove in one side, of a front member having a similar longtudinal groove in the adjacent side, a plurality of spacers between saidfront and back members two of said spacers having one longitudinalgroove and another spacer having two longitudinal grooves, dowelssecuring said spacers to said front and back members, and two resilientmetallic members arranged between sa d front and back members and saidspacers and having their edges received in grooves of said front andback members and said spacers.

4. In a cover for wash tubs. the combination with a back member andfront member parallel to and spaced away from each other and havinggrooves in their adjacent sides, of a plurality of grooved spacersbetween the ends and at the middle of said members, and metallic platesone aranged between the center spacer and each of the outer spacers andsecured in the said grooves.

Signed at New Yok city, in the county and State of New York, this 26thday of July,

NATHAN ZIMTBAUM. Witnesses:

G. E. S. MARK,

ARTHUR PHELPs MARK.

Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

